Shoe-polisher.



A. 0. COGSWELL.

SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. me.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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SHOE-POLISHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 5:. rare.

Application filed January 2a, 1916. Serial No. 73,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. COGSWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of .Wayne, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in ShoePolishers, and declare thefollowing to-be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relatesxto shoe polishers and has for its object a shoepolisher which can be made into a package to be carried in the pocket,and which is provided with a reversible and removable polishing surface.

In the drawings,-Figure 1' is a. perspective of the article laid out inposition for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the article inverted.Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the article folded up to form apocket-book so that it may be easily carried about in the pocket. Fig.4c is a perspective of the cover or backing. Fig. 5 is a perspective ofthe detachable and reversible polishing unit: Fig. 6 is a detail of apart of the detachable and reversible polishing unit.

The article comprises a backing or cover a preferably of flexibleleather, but of course other similar material might appropriately beused. This is provided with a plurality of studs 1) which are parts ofsnap'fasteners. These studs are arranged along three edges on the insideof the cover or backing a. n the outside of the cover or backing I prefeably employ a pair of straps 0 which ruin crosswise of the cover and areattached only at their ends. These allow the insertion of the handunderneath the straps to manipu-.

late the polisher.

The polishing unit is shown in the drawings as comprising a pair-oflambs wool skins with the lambs wool thereon forming two pads. Of courseI do not limit myself tilt to lambs wool as other polishing materialmight be used to afford the polishing surface. These two lambs wool padsare laid back to back and along three edges the hinging tape at is sewedor pasted in. This hinging tape is provided with a plurality of springeyelets e adapted to fit over the studs 7) to form the snap fasteners. Icall this tape a hinging tape for it is weakened along the zone at theedge of the pad so that it can easily hinge. The object in having ithinge is to allow it to be turned either way back onto the pads so as tomake the polishing unit reversible, For instance, in Fig. 2 the hingingtape is shown turned under the under pad and the spring eyelets aresnapped over the studs 12 so that the one face of the polishing unit isexposed for use. Now when this becomes soiled and it is desired toreverse the polishing unit, the tape is detached from the studs and thatedge of the polishing unit shown to the right of Fig. 2 becomes the lefthand edge when the pol- .ishing unit is reversed. Consequently the tapeinstead of being folded against the pad shown as the under one in Fig.2, is folded over the pad shown as the upper one in Fig. 2 when that padis reversed and becomes the under one.

When the under pad is clean, the polisher may be manipulated byinserting the hand between the under pad and the cover or backing. Ofcourse even after the pad has been reversed because of the soiling ofone surface, the hand could be inserted between the polishing unit andthe backing, but it is preferable when the soiled pad becomes the underpad to manipulate the polisher by inserting the hand between the strap 0and the back of the backing.

When the pad is not in use, the same may be rolled up as shown in Fig. 3and the spring socket f snapped over the projection g on the back of thebacking, and the article then becomes the pocket-book shown in Fig. 3.In this shape the polisher may be conveniently carried around in thepocket with- .out soiling the clothes.

' ing and another unit inserted. Inasmuch as it is desirable to make thebacking of a good material, which is quite expensive, such as moroccoleather or any high grade leather, it is very desirable to have thepolishing unit both capable of reversal and capable of renewal. i

What I claim is:

l. A shoe polisher, comprising a backing llC' provided-with parts ofsnap fasteners along its edge, and a detachable and reversible padhaving along some of its edges a hinging tape provided with parts ofdetachable fasteners capable of use from either side of the tape, thesaid hinging tape adapted to be turned under the pad whichever side isexposed for use and engage with the backing by means of the detachablefasteners.

2. A shoe polisher, comprising a flexible Web backing provided withparts of fasteners, a two-sided detachable and reversible pad havingalong three of its edges a hing- .ing tape provided with complementaryparts of the said fasteners, and one or more straps on the outside ofthe flexible backing.

'3. A shoe polisher, comprising a flexible web backing provided withfasteners along three of its edges and a two-sided pad both detachableand reversible, having along fication.

' ARTHUR C. (IIOGSWELL.

